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Article: Military armed terrorists (Abu Sayyaf).
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- New Internationalist
- Article date:
- September 1, 2000
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The rebels responsible for kidnapping foreign tourists in the southern Philippines in April were armed and financed from within the nation's armed forces, according to Marites Dangilan Vitug and Glenda Gloria, authors of The Crescent Moon: Rebellion in Mindanao. They allege that military officers first armed rebel group Abu Sayyaf to divide the Muslim insurgency and to protect their economic interests. `Illegal logging was a partnership between Abu Sayyaf and the marines from 1992 to 1996,' says Father ...
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...ZAMBOANGA CITY: The Abu Sayyaf has stopped receiving funds from ... television in Basilan, Abu Kahlid, an Abu Sayyaf militant, said his group has lost ... Khalid is a cousin of a senior Abu Sayyaf leader Isnilon Hapilon, who is wanted ...
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